PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Illum amet at velit vero rebum sea accusam tation lorem. Magna kasd ut et ut eirmod aliquam justo duis dolores euismod eum accusam. Et in sed est dolores rebum et ipsum est molestie gubergren at sea. Ut ipsum lorem sadipscing iusto elit et kasd ut exerci lorem sit vero dolores clita. Sadipscing cum lorem tempor nonumy eos erat et dolor nostrud praesent.
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Sample Output H3
Cum feugiat consequat eirmod stet vero possim lorem sit ipsum et sit. Ipsum augue lorem consetetur stet voluptua. Sit dolore ipsum dolor ipsum erat stet et vero. Soluta sed in at in nonumy. Stet tempor no eirmod dolore sed nibh vel duo commodo est et sit odio praesent qui. Voluptua et elit duis ut. Quis velit voluptua in consectetuer lorem labore vero dolor vero molestie magna voluptua sit doming facer sed diam diam. Lorem sea sit takimata et.
Eros magna et ipsum velit erat dolor duo eirmod. Ut sed eum sit. No nonummy augue laoreet vulputate eos dolores ex dolore tempor id labore qui soluta elitr et te amet doming. Consetetur vero nisl dolor ipsum at erat dolor ut. Option feugiat dolor et amet labore consetetur voluptua gubergren lorem et. Eros dolor sed consetetur labore et in ea est diam dolor.
Sample Output H4
Labore sed doming magna eleifend consetetur nonumy. Ut vero sed. Clita nisl eros at ut in elitr sit dolor lorem sanctus amet sea sed dolor. Sanctus possim feugait et consetetur dolore. Eos volutpat amet nonummy sed tempor commodo vulputate volutpat stet delenit velit eos stet diam dignissim labore sanctus. Et ut et dolores ad no magna kasd elitr ea ipsum amet et sit eirmod tempor facilisis ut. Ea ea duo elitr lorem ipsum tempor magna rebum sadipscing et labore gubergren sed labore te. Amet et accusam justo erat et voluptua consetetur volutpat duo in lorem sadipscing sed vel.
Sed clita volutpat clita amet ipsum eos nonumy et eos gubergren nulla voluptua dolores molestie sed at ex consetetur. Aliquyam lobortis consetetur clita lorem invidunt aliquyam sit feugiat accusam illum. Nulla sea invidunt eos sed sit et aliquyam ad erat clita luptatum. Augue lorem amet takimata. Justo suscipit eirmod vero et est duo est rebum. Vero eirmod no amet esse sanctus. Vulputate magna congue clita ut lorem magna erat amet sadipscing imperdiet et justo aliquyam erat diam duo invidunt at. Duo esse zzril aliquyam takimata ullamcorper dolores sanctus consetetur accusam ut sadipscing nonumy augue eirmod dolor. Consectetuer sed eirmod sea ipsum accusam clita at nonumy consetetur dignissim consetetur. Sed euismod stet eros dolore dolor dolores consetetur est sit invidunt ut labore aliquyam.
Sample Output H4
Diam nisl voluptua doming ipsum amet lorem. Vero et enim accusam ipsum lorem veniam. Augue sit erat eirmod magna. Zzril invidunt invidunt dolore adipiscing in dolor dolore stet sed dolores iusto erat sanctus in. Elitr ullamcorper tempor elitr ipsum kasd ullamcorper facilisis. Consequat takimata diam doming justo sit et aliquam clita elitr accumsan consetetur accusam duo clita. At sea eos tempor consetetur exerci sanctus eirmod magna sadipscing diam amet. Dolore lorem nulla.
Consetetur nisl sed. Minim diam amet lorem et magna ut takimata est sanctus at iusto clita lorem labore gubergren. Sed justo sit enim diam. Et adipiscing invidunt nisl consetetur tempor sit vero feugiat. Ipsum ad duo quis vel elitr vero diam nulla tempor adipiscing voluptua ut illum. Diam dolor duo dolores labore diam ut invidunt nibh et labore rebum in sed aliquam. Dolore zzril sit sadipscing suscipit illum wisi voluptua qui erat eu accusam. Amet dolor eirmod consequat nonumy erat exerci labore takimata consetetur amet dolore sed takimata diam consetetur diam.
Sample Output H3
Eos cum zzril erat nonumy sanctus eros stet quis eros ipsum sanctus duis. Ipsum facilisis voluptua amet dolor. At clita qui ullamcorper laoreet stet sit elit voluptua rebum dolore voluptua erat tempor eu. Justo sit kasd amet stet duo consetetur no gubergren tempor. Lorem rebum lorem erat sadipscing magna clita duo clita et. Facilisi diam tincidunt sit invidunt eirmod at accusam diam voluptua voluptua euismod sea ut vulputate dolor at consetetur. Veniam eleifend illum euismod id ad iriure dolor et amet dolores ipsum accusam dignissim et amet. Aliquyam praesent dolore sed commodo eirmod te aliquyam justo et elitr lorem soluta stet liber mazim sadipscing. Tation takimata magna aliquyam ipsum no ipsum et voluptua consetetur eos. Sea kasd aliquyam in rebum accumsan.
Rebum stet diam sit at consequat eirmod dolore. Dolore magna gubergren feugiat aliquyam et eirmod eu sea diam eos dolore ut amet esse. Illum stet dolore at kasd duis dolor nonummy est nulla amet dolores vero est amet. Lorem soluta consetetur. Stet at diam nonumy elitr.
Sample Output H4
Lorem diam takimata est duo eos sanctus. Labore takimata sanctus tempor kasd sit ea eos erat exerci accusam. Nisl tempor sit vel vero amet iusto consetetur consetetur ut dolor dolore. Kasd kasd est dolor. Sed vero justo ea dolor ea minim sed eum dolor ipsum ipsum et sit accusam qui lorem duo. Voluptua dolore sit sit clita lorem amet. Aliquam at voluptua vero sadipscing voluptua option illum consetetur accusam eirmod dolor. Et ipsum sit takimata erat sed consetetur amet nihil sit in sadipscing dolores est vero sed voluptua sanctus dolores. Congue nonumy ut at diam accumsan sadipscing et duis sed no dolore et sit sanctus. Lorem te blandit ut est accusam voluptua at enim delenit sadipscing est laoreet. Sit sit et eleifend ullamcorper magna stet sit ut velit autem et dolores magna.
Sadipscing dolor ipsum nostrud sed duo et sadipscing rebum. Augue kasd kasd quis magna et labore et gubergren aliquyam gubergren dolore dolore et et. Nibh stet nostrud dolore et accumsan tempor. Suscipit aliquyam at dolores dolor. Duis erat amet. Dolor ipsum esse quod elitr amet invidunt amet et takimata amet vero magna magna nonumy. Sea no dolor nihil et eos eos nonumy est nobis ipsum dolores. Sadipscing sit magna dolor duo at duo ea dolore est ea amet sed ea aliquyam sanctus. Dolore consectetuer sed ipsum. Et kasd diam voluptua nonumy erat autem assum dolore dolor duo ipsum magna euismod ea nonummy dolor. Ipsum takimata at lobortis lorem erat mazim elitr consetetur commodo diam duo magna.
Sample Output H4
Ut aliquyam et sea elitr stet sanctus eos clita ea sit. Vero et ut dolor dolore accusam ipsum takimata consectetuer dolores dolores facilisi elitr ipsum tempor duo sadipscing clita. Et clita sit aliquyam autem eu tempor. Lorem amet dolores dolore aliquyam invidunt et blandit ut accusam stet consetetur luptatum sed sit eirmod. Clita dolor ea et at accusam erat sit nulla invidunt aliquip in molestie sed. Sed et lorem eos et labore imperdiet hendrerit at illum stet erat aliquyam erat diam eirmod clita stet.
Clita accusam illum erat vero tempor magna clita dolores duis voluptua dolore rebum takimata. Amet erat nulla eos dolor dolore takimata sanctus eirmod. In amet ex diam magna quod rebum consetetur at et sanctus qui velit dolor clita iusto adipiscing. Et sea sed amet eos et accumsan gubergren ea facer feugait adipiscing clita illum eum. Labore diam aliquyam id et et sed ut dolor eirmod sanctus diam takimata erat kasd nulla.
More Sample Output H2
Accusam magna invidunt sadipscing sed praesent augue et diam iusto. Sed voluptua iusto amet takimata clita iriure facilisi sed ipsum amet kasd blandit et labore. Sed accusam est sed consetetur amet no nonumy rebum. Diam sed eos magna erat erat at takimata tation nibh facer accusam sit ut. Vero no labore consetetur et diam dolor sadipscing diam dolor.
Diam no sanctus volutpat clita magna sed et dolore sadipscing. Labore dolores ut clita eros invidunt amet et accusam invidunt elitr accusam diam in labore no sadipscing. Labore est rebum justo quod autem dolor erat stet erat hendrerit eos stet est autem illum. Nulla ut elitr duo ipsum diam gubergren duis duo ut esse stet eos. Eos ut at ipsum nonumy facilisis labore elitr et rebum ut sed. Invidunt consequat vero. Takimata at erat nibh eos sit erat ea. Nisl iusto at congue sed takimata justo ut minim velit tempor sanctus. Et et ut dolore diam magna tation sanctus vero et. Imperdiet vel sit quis sit illum gubergren vel soluta nulla amet exerci labore accusam et nulla eirmod clita. Accumsan ea dolores zzril lobortis erat sed nulla vero ut est magna.
Sample Output H3
Stet ipsum sit kasd dolor illum magna in sed lorem erat. Et dolor diam sea kasd tempor ut lorem exerci. Sit et kasd molestie sed diam. Sanctus stet gubergren eleifend lorem accusam justo vero nihil sed dolor sea ipsum. Adipiscing vel no sed nonumy eum luptatum nulla dolores rebum sea lorem clita vulputate aliquyam blandit kasd diam. Ipsum invidunt diam justo consetetur ut magna no et et in accusam sit diam dolore zzril amet nobis hendrerit. Magna ut no sit aliquyam elitr lorem vel aliquyam amet erat duo sit lorem et sea facer.
In sea molestie dolores et elitr. Clita in ipsum voluptua stet duo ipsum. Et nonumy kasd amet suscipit sit magna magna erat et ipsum eros sea quis ut at no aliquam. Dolor luptatum nonummy consetetur elitr laoreet. Rebum consetetur labore lorem dolore kasd ea sit diam et ipsum amet. Rebum te sed sea consetetur clita zzril ut dolor feugait vero et rebum sit sit duo aliquyam amet.
Sample Output H4
Vero eirmod aliquip stet at sed iriure diam adipiscing. Dolor exerci vel clita invidunt no. Vel lorem aliquyam et ea kasd consectetuer in eirmod ipsum nibh. Sed ut ut. Est et diam sanctus ea et iusto hendrerit et eos vero facilisis sit. Amet ea voluptua consetetur feugiat aliquyam velit labore feugait voluptua duo placerat eirmod esse clita clita ex amet.
Elitr sed sea nisl no sit exerci nulla labore voluptua esse consetetur diam justo. Lorem nonumy labore vero. Et et at consectetuer tempor in amet. Ut kasd et. Amet dolor voluptua accusam ullamcorper vulputate. Nibh tempor ea illum enim accusam feugait sit justo consectetuer consectetuer. Qui labore lorem facilisi eos est sed wisi praesent sanctus tincidunt dolore takimata diam.
Sample Output H4
Molestie elitr nulla hendrerit labore congue wisi ut gubergren est nibh lorem sanctus. Voluptua gubergren amet est ut exerci sed sit lorem ut lorem. Dolor dignissim quod gubergren sadipscing kasd vel et adipiscing voluptua sanctus est nonumy accusam takimata amet magna consectetuer. Elitr tempor amet nulla amet molestie. Accusam velit sanctus mazim nonumy dolor minim sea.
Erat consetetur veniam ea. Magna no duo diam eos et. Praesent tation ea tempor takimata voluptua et nibh est lorem sed elitr diam no vero nonumy eirmod. Sanctus magna sadipscing kasd et tempor vero delenit nonumy voluptua dolores ea. Et vel sanctus vel eum hendrerit accusam in diam invidunt lorem diam aliquyam dolore et nulla. Sea et dolor feugiat clita ut est.
Sample Output H3
Quis erat nulla labore vel elitr sea rebum dolor diam sit vero sed magna illum. Eos consetetur nonumy. Possim dolore eirmod takimata facilisis rebum. Justo velit labore amet sit erat in rebum sadipscing kasd et qui erat. Et vulputate aliquyam no tation aliquyam et eum vulputate. Sed ea ut vel elitr at accusam et accusam kasd diam duis sea facer eu sed ut labore.
Amet consetetur gubergren. Magna ut takimata dolor justo labore vulputate facer duis et no ut amet odio accusam dolores nulla. Ipsum dolores consetetur eirmod at sea id erat sadipscing et. No nonumy magna sanctus sed sit sea volutpat et nisl eirmod nonumy elit amet dolor. Eum amet amet stet exerci diam. Clita in iriure clita vero duo stet diam vero dolores stet dolor gubergren diam aliquyam. Ullamcorper stet justo. Sea consetetur kasd. Molestie labore exerci ipsum delenit elitr kasd.
Sample Output H4
Duo dignissim sit et gubergren ea lorem dolore magna stet nonumy dolor dolor. Et minim luptatum sed eirmod diam lorem amet duo. Invidunt ad hendrerit sanctus eos amet. Accumsan euismod amet elitr elitr qui labore rebum aliquyam clita wisi. Option et eos est duo takimata sit ipsum et sed vulputate et hendrerit ipsum rebum ipsum erat. Et stet tempor clita eu et eirmod quod imperdiet clita vel amet lorem ipsum consequat et consequat.
Voluptua et lorem et dolor duo consequat. Eleifend duo ipsum invidunt. Vel et sadipscing odio mazim sit voluptua. Dolor at nonumy aliquyam ut odio vero ipsum magna no amet est. Tempor elitr diam sed elitr minim invidunt tempor dolore voluptua takimata nisl kasd ullamcorper. No et ullamcorper lorem et dolor lorem et velit et clita eum eos dolore ipsum no est duo kasd. Sed vel erat labore at diam accusam et adipiscing et ad. Dolor ipsum sadipscing magna duis sit et dolor dolore iriure esse at et ea nonummy sanctus. Dolores ipsum dolor praesent elitr aliquyam sadipscing tempor no et sadipscing at nonummy. Duo labore accusam eleifend et eirmod eirmod consetetur lorem. Rebum adipiscing magna stet lorem lorem sadipscing sed zzril consetetur.
Sample Output H4
Sed in lorem eos ut amet sea sed erat eos tempor amet tempor. Nostrud duo consetetur ea. Sanctus eos vero ipsum at et erat kasd suscipit amet elit sed accusam stet dolore. Rebum eum consequat lorem consetetur invidunt ad invidunt elitr congue dolor tempor stet stet no labore clita. Vero eirmod est hendrerit consequat sed invidunt clita dolor no nibh sed amet tempor esse vel amet aliquam vel. Et et duo eirmod amet diam consequat ipsum ipsum sadipscing elitr duis et diam clita dolor dolores feugait. Takimata dolor magna labore aliquip tincidunt enim rebum gubergren assum sed duo est stet sit amet sanctus.
Dolor dignissim nonumy. Nulla gubergren velit magna dolore illum sit sadipscing justo consequat ut no ipsum sit tempor ipsum. Lorem rebum at consectetuer sed vero tempor stet aliquam vulputate enim quis duo. Nihil dolores voluptua tempor ut justo vel labore dolor gubergren id in ex magna clita sadipscing lorem justo. Soluta nonumy ullamcorper augue magna diam invidunt lorem amet kasd sadipscing est ut sit lorem voluptua dolor diam. Vel erat eirmod kasd eum luptatum eirmod magna iriure nonumy ex nibh assum iriure nonumy ea est sed. Accusam aliquam et lorem sea eos sea esse sadipscing tincidunt stet est diam. Ut diam elitr veniam stet eros stet consectetuer est clita gubergren invidunt ipsum vero te rebum. Autem ut duo at augue voluptua voluptua magna gubergren sanctus diam amet dolor sed labore. Gubergren blandit nonumy dolor invidunt hendrerit ipsum quis volutpat delenit kasd at nam sit et sed sed elitr.